Never Say You Can’t

Memoirs of a Lebanese-Syrian American Educator

 




















Born:

Neon, Kentucky


Education:

  1. -BA Mathematics, NYU

  2. -MS Mathematics Education, Richmond College (CUNY)

  3. -Sixth-Year Professional Certificate from Richmond College (CUNY)

  4. -Educational Administration Doctorate, Teachers College, Columbia University


Geography:

-  Neon, KY

-  Prestonsburg, KY

-  Brooklyn and Staten Island, NY

-  Surf City (Long Beach Island), NJ


Family:

Husband, Daughter, 2 Sons, and 7 Grandchildren


Career:

Port Richmond High School

Teacher of Mathematics

1967-1977

Prospect Heights High School

Assistant Principal of Mathematics

1977-1981

Curtis High School

Assistant Principal of Mathematics

1981-1989

Fort Hamilton High School

Principal

1989-1999

Poly Prep Country Day School

Head of Upper School

1999-2001

Adelphi Academy

2001-2002

College of Staten Island

Adjunct Assistant Professor Math

2002-2007

A.Fantis Parochial School

Principal

2006-2014

CEO/Founder ABCF Consultants, LLC

2015-Present

 

The word “can’t” does not exist in Alice Cury Farkouh’s vocabulary. In these memoirs, this distinguished educator writes with heartfelt gratitude about her wonderful Lebanese-Syrian American family, her dedicated teachers and her wise mentors who together inspired and encouraged her to take “can’t” out of her life, to never give up, and to believe that her dreams were always within her grasp.

Alice B Farkouh, Ed.D.